Overalls



(No Model.)

L. GOODMAN.

OVERALLS.

No. 564,373. Patented July 21, 1896. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS GOODMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,373, dated July 21,1896.

Application filed June 1, 1896- sellal N0. 593,708. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Overalls, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to improve workmens overalls of the bibbedvariety in a manner to render them convertible at will intodouble-breasted overalls and aproned overalls for carrying inconveniently accessible position on the person such articles as tools,nails, screws, and the like.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of overalls with my improvementin its condition of affording the apron, and Fig. 2 a similar view ofthe same with the apron feature raised to supplement the bib of theoveralls and thereby render thelatter double-breasted.

A is a pair of overalls of any usual or suitable general constructioninvolving a bib B, extending from the waist portion of the garment toafford a covering for the front portion of the upper part of the body ofthe wearer, and which bib is provided on its upper edge with fastenings, shown as loops 4", for the ends of the suspenders O.

D is my improved convertible apron and supplemental bib. It is shown tobe of the same shape and size as the inner bib B, to coincide with andcover the latter when raised to the position in which it is shown inFig. 2, on its sewed connection at '0 with the front of the waistportion of the overalls, and it presents on its outer surface theappearance of the ordinary bib B. On the inner side of the bib D, Iprovide to extend across it a pocket D, and preferably two pockets, asshown, or more, one above the other, with their open sides upward whenthe bib is in its pendent apron position, Di-

r'ectly over the uppermost pocket D, across the front of the inner bibB, I fasten, near the waist portion of the overalls, a strap E to form aseries of loops for holding tools in position of convenient access,thereby to sup plement the function of the pocket-equipped pron inaffording convenience in the matter of stowing and holding accessiblyarticles requi ed for use by the wearer of the overalls whil at work.

Wh the bib D is not required for its f unctio as an apron, it may beraised to cover the bib in which position it is adapted to be held atops or eyes 1" or other suitable fastenings 0 its edge by the suspendersC, and affords to the overalls the protecting function of adouble-breasted garment, while it also conceals the tools that may becarried in the loops p by the workman in going to and from his work.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, overalls provided with bibs B and D,the bib -D having means for engaging the suspenders, a pocket D on itsinner side and being fastened to fold down and constitute an apron andto be raised to cover the bib B and form therewith a double breast,substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, overalls provided with bibs B and D,the bib D having means for engaging the suspenders and a pocket D on itsinner side and being fastened to fold down and constitute an apron andto be raised to cover the bib B and form therewith a double breast, andthe bib B having a series of loops 19 near the base of its front side,substantially as described.

LOUIS GOODMAN. In presence of- J. H. LEE, R. T. SPENCER.

